The Fool's Pursuit

Chapter 2: White Lie

"Blame it on Saruhiko on your plight, Misaki-kun…" Aya's laughter echoed in his mind when Yata found himself strapped in a bed in an operating theatre.

"His numbers are fantastic. Perhaps we can use a higher concentration of the drug. I'll like to experiment on someone who held the dual colours but I can't ask Mishakuji-sama for help. He'll kill us. That cat is a pain. We should get rid of her in order to capture her partner. They seemed to catch on to it and escaped. That left with the No. 3 of Scepter 4. Maybe I can get his help..." The staffs were having a casual conversation updating on the progress.

"No… not Saru…" Yata shook his head as the memories of their happy times during their middle school days flashed past his mind.

He clenched his fist when a new combination of drugs were injected into his body.

It was two weeks later when the Blue King, Munakata Reisi had finally located the facility Yata Misaki was held captive in where he was experimented thanks to a lead by an injured Black Dog and a Cat strain. They managed to seek refugee in HOMRA in the nick of time when a certain bartender who was smoking stepped in.

Awashima managed to gather a team to shadow the group which fought the Silver Clansmen. She came to Munakata anxiously instead of going to Fushimi. That day, Fushimi was caught into situation and he broke his kneecap after the end of the battle and ended up in the hospital.

"Awashima-kun, what make you so anxious? It's unlike you." As usual Munakata was working on his puzzle.

"Akiyama and Benzai's team managed to locate the facility. It appeared that the experiment on Strains did not end after HOMRA's interference five years ago and they are experimenting on clansmen which resulted in seventeen deaths in three months lately. And I had found out one of the members who were involved in the kidnap. This is the reason I decided to come to you directly, Captain." Awashima handed a file of a university student to Munakata.

Munakata narrowed his eyes when he read the profile. He raised his head at Awashima for confirmation.

"It seemed that I'll be accused of being inconsiderate to my subordinate if I make him do this job when he was down injured." Munakata announced standing up decided to lead this mission instead.

"Fushimi-kun would be caught in between." That would break his promise to take care of him when he convinced the boy to join his Scepter 4. He could not afford to be insulted by a certain red haired man when his time comes.

Because of that, he had raised the status to "Royal Blue" earlier handing the paper to the prime minister who could not object when Fushimi was under attack and his team managed to bail him out on time before things went out of hands and an all-out war with the Green. It seemed that his little cousin still had some conscience or she was just a sadist as someone informed them of Fushimi's location.

The pain Yata had endured was so extreme that he was forced to bite on the cloth to stop him from biting his tongue to kill himself. He was reminded how he was helpless when he was being humiliated by the six guys back in the alley before Aya. Tears fell down his cheek. Like that time, no one could save him. His body seemed to be caught in the flame as his power went out of control.

At the point of time, Anna's mug broke and she was startled. She was the Red King and Yata was her clansman, and with her ability, she could sense his power.

"Misaki." She stood up and turned to Kusanagi who was on the phone. Kamamoto and the rest had gathered in the bar for the upcoming operation with Scepter 4.

"Yes. My guys are ready. Thanks for letting us get involved, Seri-chan. I won't get you into trouble."

Yata screamed when he broke free of his restrain with his overwhelming flame. He had exceeded his limit when he began on a rampage, killing all he saw on his way out of the corridor by burning them out of his own will. He had become a monster. The facility was caught burning.